So it must be, then. Unhappy though she is that the spirit lingers, Magni respects Lakshmi's request that she not lash out at it. What could she achieve with that? Could she harm it into retreating, or would that only worsen things?

As it follows Lakshmi, Magni looks to her lady. She does not feel fully certain what is the right course, suspects that any severe action could so easily be the wrong course rather than the right.

"Manikarnika," she says, quietly. "What can I do to aid you?"

Sit with her, to share the spirit's company? Leave her alone, if she needs the time? She rails against the latter, but if it were what her lady wished then she would comply, albeit unhappily.